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Asteroid-mining company AstroForge gets 1st-ever FCC license for commercial deep-space mission

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AstroForge has been awarded the first -ever commercial license for operating and communicating with a spacecraft in deep space.

AstroForge's Odin mission is set to launch and rendezvous with a near- Earth asteroid in early 2025 .

The company's ultimate aim is to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, land on it and use an onboard refinery to mine the asteroid for precious metals.

Odin is the company's second space mission.

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